Fourteen-year-old Esther is bored with life in Westchester County, NY in 1963 when King-Roy, the son of her mother's friend, comes to stay with them. Not only do her views and opinions tilt in a new direction, his do too. <br/>

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Civil Rights Movement/Little Rock Nine

Fiction

A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. McKissack. Scholastic Press, 2007.
Has anyone read this? It seems like it fits our theme well, and I'm trying to get a copy so I could accurately annotate. --Julie
Ages 9-12, 172 pgs. JR

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson; illus. by E.B. Lewis. Putnam's, 2001.
Clover, a young black girl, tells a story of wanting to be friends with Annie, the white girl next door. However the girls are separated by a fence, over which their mothers tell them it would be unsafe to climb. The two become friends by sitting together on top of the fence and eventually discover a way to be on the same side.
Ages 6-10, unpaged. JR

Grandmama's Pride by Becky Birtha. Illustrated by Colin Bootman. Albert Whitman & Company, 2005.
Sarah Marie and her family go to visit Grandmama in the South in 1956 and everywhere they go, there are signs posted telling them which door to use, which water fountain to drink from, and where they can sit. When Sarah Marie learns to read the signs she learns a whole lot more about segragation. The next summer when they return to the South, things are very different.
Ages 6-9, unpaged CC

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford. Paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2005.
In 1960 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to town to speak and eight year old Connie and her family became involved in protesting segregation in restaurants. When Woolworth's started serving African Americans at the lunch counter, Connie and her parents were there to see it and Connie got to enjoy a bannana split with an extra cherry.
Ages 6-9, unpaged CC

A Summer of Kings by Han Nolan. Harcourt, 2006.
Fourteen-year-old Esther is bored with life in Westchester County, NY in 1963 when King-Roy, the son of her mother's friend, comes to stay with them. Not only do her views and opinions tilt in a new direction, his do too.
Ages 12 and up, 334 pgs. AK

Nonfiction

Speaking Out : The Civil Right Movement, 1950 – 1964 by Kevin Supples. National Geographic, 2006.
This traces the civil rights movement from the post war years to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Photos on nearly every page complement the text.
Ages 9-12, 40 pages.AC

A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 by Diane McWhorter. Scholastic, 2004.
A chronological narrative of 22 key events in the civil rights movement. Told from the perspective of an author who grew up in Birmingham and was a 6th grader in 1963 as history was made. Includes black and white photographs.
Ages 9-14, 160 pages. JR

Title: No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance
by Doreen Rappaport; illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Candlewick Press,
2002.
Tells the story of enslaved Africans from their journeys across the ocean to emancipation.
Grades 4-7, 60 pageskk

Free at Last! Stories and Songs of Emancipation by Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Candlewick Press, 2004.
This second book in the trilogy draws on first person accounts to look into the crucial decades between emancipation and the start of the civil rights movement.
Grades 4-7, 63 pages.kk

Nobody Gonna Turn Me ‘Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Candlewick Press, 2006.
Third in trilogy -- first-person accounts from famous leaders of the civil rights movement as well as testimonies of unsung heroes.
Grades 4-7, 63 pages.kk

Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine by Eileen Lucas. Illustrated by Mark Anthony. Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1997.
In 1957, the first nine African American students to attend an all white high school were met at the door with hate and anger. This book briefly chronicles this event in Little Rock, Arkansas. Includes an author's note, an afterward, and important dates.
Ages 8-10, 48 pages.CC

Biography

When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan. Illus by Brian Selznick. Scholastic, 2002.
A gorgeous picture book biography of Marian Anderson, documenting her life through the Civil Rights movement. The book is illustrated as if it were a theater production of her life with sepia tones and plays with lighting. Back matter includes a more detailed history, a timeline, and music information, plus there is a matching DVD of Anderson's songs.
Ages 4-8,40 pages MK